Sofa bed



Oct. 8, 1949. D. CATALINI 2,485188 SOFA BED Filed March 7, 1947 @j w @9N Patented Oct. 18, 1949 .I

UNITED sTATEs- PATENT OFFICE SOFA BED Domenic Catalini, Fitchburg, Mass., assignor to Charlton Company, Inc., Fitchburg, Mass., a corporation oi' Massachusetts Application March 7, 1947, Serial No. 732,957

2 Claims. (Cl. 15S- 184) This invention relates to improvements in sofa the sofa bed, parts being broken away and for beds of the type which are convertible from a clarity of illustration. position wherein the sofa bed assumes the func- In the past it is always been considered necestion of and appears to be a conventional sofa. to sary that a convertible sofa bed should have a a position wherein the same is extended so that 5 straight seat front edge, and this straight edge it may be used as a bed, taking advantage of has always immediately identied a sofabed for the back rest as a part of the sleeping surface. what it is, as distinct from an ordinary sofa which The principal object of the invention is to prois not convertible. This invention provides a vide a sofa bed which has all the appearances of construction obviating this deciency in converta conventional sofa; and the provision of a sofa l ible beds and. at the Same time. DI'OVideS fOr bed which completely avoids the appearance of added comfort to the occupant.

conventional sofa beds and assumes the appear- In Fig. 1 there is shown a lower frame I8 havance of a sofa of the non-convertible type, the ing side arm frames I2 which are more or less invention residing in the provision of means conventional in the art. There is also provided whereby the front edge of the seating member l5 a seating element generally indicated at I4 havis provided with a forwardly extending roll edge ing hinged thereto a back rest element I6 in in the manner of a sofa, but particularly and the conventional manner so that the parts I4 peculiarly distinct from sofa beds of the prior and I6 may be positioned as shown in Fig. 1 or art which have always been almost exactly vermay be extended in parallelism as indicated in tical at the front edge thereof from the very bot- Fig. 2 to form a bed. The hinges are not shown tom of the lower frame to the top edge at the aS they are 01d and Well known in the art.

front of the seating element, the present con- The present invention concerns in particular struction and invention resulting in a, more comthe seat frame I4 and this is shown in detail in fortable and easier seating sofa as well as in giv- Figs. 2 and 3 wherein there is provided a recing the sofa bed the full and complete appeartangular iiat frame I8 which forms a support for ance of a sofa of the non-convertible type. a series of coil springs 20, 22 and 24. Springs 20 Further objects of the invention reside in the will be located inwardly from the edges of the provision of a spring frame for the seat element frame I8 in the conventional manner, the springs of a sofa bed, said spring frame comprising a 22 are located along the rear edge of the frame rectangular frame upon which is mounted a and in general the Springs 22 have a run as at series of coil springs, there being a row of coil 26 more or less on a vertical line with the rear springs at the front edge of the frame, said coil edge of the frame I8. springs extending considerably beyond the edge The front row of springs 24, however, are arof the frame and overhanging the same at said ranged so that the outwardmost extent of said edge thereof in combination with padding which Springs aS ShOWn at 28 lie outwardly beyond the is rolled over the outwardly extending edge of extreme front edge of frame I8 so as to overlap the springs above recited and brought down along the same as is clearly shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The the springs so as to form a rolled, outwardly exupper runs of the spring may be secured together tending edge which normally supports the under by a wire frame 30 and the individual springs sides of the legs of the person sitting on the sofa, may be clamped together by any desired means there being upholstery material covering the such as elements 32.

padding and extending down and under the In the usual circumstances a cloth or burlap frame, being secured thereto principally by cover 34 is stretched over the Ytop of the springs means of a strip extending the length of the and over the burlap there is provided a layer frame and having a height suiilcient to form the of padding 38 which in the persent instance is rolled edge and maintain it in position, said strip brought forwardly and down around the overbeing covered by similar upholstery material. lapping edge 28 of the coil springs 24 as indicated Other objects and advantages of the invention at 38. The upholstery material 40 is then applied will appear hereinafter. to cover the padding and this upholstery is also Reference is to be had to the accompanying brought down around the overhanging edges of drawings in which Springs 24 providing a rolled edge 42. The up- Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the new holstery material 40 is then secured in any desofa bed; sired manner to the frame I8.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Strip 44 is then applied to the front of the Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the seat frame of 55 spring frame I8 and this strip has a vertical height sumcient to force the upholstery and padding inwardly as clearly shown in Pig. 2 to E form and maintain theroll edge I2 in the position shown. A sh'ip of upholstery material Il is secured to the strip 44 by being brought around down underthesameandthensecuredtothe bottom of the spring frame at II. In Fig. 2 the construction is shown `as not quite yet completed for the purpose of illustrating the invention in a clearer manner. The reference numeral 10 u is applied to Fig. 1 to indicate the position of Y the strip which forms and holds the rolled edge and it will be seen that this strip extends for the full length of the seat element Il.

strips n are applied to the nmshed sofa'bed 15 and extend down to points 52 and further strips Il are applied to the lower frame l0 to carry out the illusion of continuous strips forming individual cushions II.

It will be seen that this invention provides for 20 thersttimeintheartasofabed havingthe exact appearance of a conventional sofa and which, at the same time, provides for additional comfort to the occupants thereof particularlyv when seated on the device when it is in the sofa g5 position of Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention and the ladvantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is: 30

1. A convertible sofa. bed comprising a base, a seat, and a back, said seat comprising a rectangular frame, a series of springs thereon, certain of said springs projecting beyond a side edge of the frame at the front edge of the seat, padding rolled '3g over the springs and projecting beyond the frame and said base, covering over the padding, and a finish strip securing the covering to the frame and forming and maintaining the padding and covering in a forwardly projecting roll edge, said finish strip lying under. the rolled padding and projecting springs and inwardly thereof as respects the said base.

2. In a convertible sofa bed having a base, a

movable back and a seat, said seat comprising a frame, a series of conical coil springs small ends down on the frame, certain of said springs having portions of their larger turns overhanging a side edge of the frame, at the front edge of the seat, padding rolled over the springs at the overhanging portions of the said certain springs, covering over the padding, a strip the length of the sofa bed securing the covering to the frame vertically beneath the rolled over padding and overhanging spring portions and forcing the padding in toward the certain coil springs to form a projecting roll edge, and covering over the strip. DOMENIC CATALINI.

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